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In brief Claude accessed real systems after cyber testing environments exposed the models to the internet. Anthropic paused high-risk evaluations and added stronger isolation, monitoring, and controls for outside evaluators. Tests suggest reward hacking during training can make models more willing to take harmful actions to complete a task. Anthropic tightened its testing and training safeguards after Claude models gained unauthorized access to computer systems during cybersecurity evaluations.In a blog post on Monday, Anthropic said the incidents reflected operational-security failures and two alignment failures: motivated reasoning and a willingness to cause harm.Myriad: When will OpenAI release GPT-6? Click to make…

Coinbase has launched crypto derivatives trading in Canada, giving eligible users access to perpetual and dated futures tied to Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL) and other assets.The products are offered through Coinbase Financial Markets, a futures commission merchant registered with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which operates in Canada under foreign dealer and futures commission merchant exemptions.Coinbase said Wednesday that the offering includes 23 crypto perpetual and dated futures, five commodity futures and the Coinbase 50 Index. The company said it is the first major crypto-native platform to offer direct native crypto futures in Canada.Access is limited to eligible Canadian…

Full Sail, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol on the Sui blockchain, plans to shut down after a security incident involving oracle provider Switchboard resulted in user losses.Full Sail took to X on Tuesday to announce that the protocol is winding down, immediately disabling new deposits and liquidity provider (LP) reward claims. Regular pools will move to withdrawal-only mode after final security checks, with compensating users the protocol’s top priority, Full Sail said.The decision follows a security incident last week that affected Full Sail’s automated vaults following a suspected compromise of Switchboard’s oracle infrastructure.Full Sail first disclosed the incident on Saturday,…

Federal law enforcement officials, working with cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike, announced action against entities behind malware that enabled the theft of $150,000 in cryptocurrency.In a Tuesday notice, the US Justice Department said it had disrupted the Sality botnet and malware in an international effort with Bulgarian, Hungarian and Romanian officials, as well as private sector partners CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation. US officials said that Sality was responsible for installing malware on compromised devices since 2003, resulting in crypto theft and cyberattacks. CrowdStrike reported that in the previous eight years, the entities behind Sality used EggJagger, a “clipjacking tool that monitors…

By enhancing the input that goes into so much of what we do—intelligence—AI’s potential to drive higher economic growth is enormous. But with fears of the technology’s unintended consequences affecting the pace and depth of adoption, the promise of long-term gains must be set against more immediate risks. MILAN—The US economy and its financial markets are in a generational race whose implications extend well beyond the prospects for future prosperity and financial stability. The race is between AI and related technologies that hold massive potential to unlock productivity and earnings growth, on the one hand, and the unintended consequences of…

A new book tells the story of the economics discipline and its original purpose with a degree of verve and imaginativeness that puts dreary mainstream economists to shame. In the process, it gets at fundamental truths that major schools within the discipline have managed to obscure. TOWNSHEND, VERMONT—The legitimacy of economics as an academic discipline and policymaking tool has been under sustained attack at least since the 2008 financial crisis. But few critiques seek to reckon with the origins of the discipline and the purpose behind it. Now, Antara Haldar, a legal studies scholar at the University of Cambridge, has…

In committing to provide a safe swimmable place within 15 minutes of every home by 2035, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has set a measurable, time-bound goal that cannot be met through a single program or line item on the budget. Instead, it requires a public mission capable of mobilizing all ministries and shaping markets. LONDON—Had you visited a London pool during this sweltering summer, you would have found it quieter than expected. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the city’s public swimming amenities have moved to booking systems that favor those who can plan days ahead, pay upfront, and spare an adult…

Lyte, a physical AI startup building sensing and perception technology for robots, has raised $165 million in Series C funding at a $1.6 billion post-money valuation. The financing, led by Maverick Silicon, brings Lyte’s total raised to $272 million. Fidelity Management And Research Co., which led Lyte’s Series B, also participated in the Series C, along with Atreides Management, Key1 Capital, Ora Global (formerly Exor Ventures), and additional existing and new investors. The Sunnyvale, California-based company was founded in 2021 by Alexander Shpunt, Arman Hajati and Yuval Gerson — a trio of former Apple engineers who worked on the iPhone…

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en English Politics Sep 2, 2026 Michael Bröning The upcoming election in Saxony-Anhalt could give the far-right Alternative für Deutschland control of a state government for the first time in Germany’s postwar history. Its rise offers a crucial lesson for democracies elsewhere: closing ranks against extremist parties is no substitute for effective governance. NEW YORK—On May 8, 1654, the mayor of Magdeburg appeared before the Imperial Diet at Regensburg with two hollow copper hemispheres and 30 horses. Nothing joined the metal halves, yet the horses could not…